Quotes from Debby Ryan

I didn't grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast.

I think there's something charming about incorporating summer clothes into winter, like pairing a summery skirt with a massive sweater. I'm also really into layering during the winter!

Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we're thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what!

I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.

With 'Suite Life,' I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.

It's really special to be a part of something that's really changing lives.

I'm very practical and realistic.

Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need.

Before the whole Disney realm had undergone this huge revamping, as a kid, I always saw myself doing these dramatic indie parts. And then I fell in love with doing comedy and doing kid shows and really working for kids.

Acting and the industry of making movies is beautiful, but it's so exhausting and such hard work; if you don't absolutely 100% want to do something, it defeats the purpose.

I can look back at things I've done and said and worn and be completely humiliated by them, but I can never say it wasn't me. I feel really honored to say that.

To love is a brave thing. To be loved, braver still. But allowing yourself to love yourself? That takes the most courage of all.

Maybe love isn't supposed to be comfortable. Maybe love is just supposed to be worth it.

The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you.

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

My brother plays guitar and base and writes. His name is Chase Ryan.

I love people like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, people who create and write their own stuff - especially when there's just not enough cool, interesting characters out there.

I grew up watching James Bond and Star Wars and I just love that kind of action. I love trying to see if *I* can actually do it.

I'm introverted by nature, and I need to have some things of my own.

More than anything, acting helped me discover who I'm not. I've learned that I'm a girly girl, but not a prissy girl.

All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly more hopeful, inspired, and more healed than when I arrived, I did my job.

Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.

Natalie Portman never looks back, ever. Ever!

T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability.